Adviser: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Does Not Affect Cotto

By Miguel Rivera

Gabriel Peñagarícano, adviser to WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, says the recent announcement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao has no effect on his fighter.

Last month, when Cotto's negotiations with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fell apart, most people felt he had done so in order to chase a rematch with Mayweather. That rumor was killed last Friday, when Mayweather announced he was facing Pacquiao on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Canelo is now facing James Kirkland on May 9th in Houston.

That doesn't mean Cotto has been left out in the cold.

"We could not be happier," said Cotto legal adviser, Gabriel Peñagarícano, to El Vocero. "It's very good for boxing that these two fighters are going to face each other. It didn't take me by surprise. I said from day one [they would fight].  The announcement of this fight does not change anything about Miguel's next fight. In the near future, Miguel will make his official announcement. The fight should it be in late May or early June, as we have said before."